davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22
What are You + Boys ReadingP

No, oh no; we are not going to pitch In
10 the five cent blood and thunder novel
cite; not right directly, at any rate. We
we're Just looking over story In the
June number of a most excellent and
highly respectable juvenile magazine; a
good magazine, that doubtless views
with alarm, as do all the rest of
us, the poisonous literature of the news
stand. This story is about boy. Is
years old. who. while standing alone
ON his fathers engine on a lone
y siding saw run away train of cars,
started by the wind, sweep past him
down the grade. Usual thing-the
lightning express nearly due; the train
dispatcher always manages to have a
lightning express about due when any
thing of this kind happens There Is
mo telegraphwire either;" this Is also
usual; road without wire Is apt to
run lightning expresses and limited
trains every fifteen minutes The boy
thinks quickly; boys of 10 are always
quick thinkers; he runs his engine out
on the main line, setting the switches
for himself, for his father has gone to
supper, miles away in the country pre-
sumably, as 1t Is quite customary for
railway engineers to take all their meals
on.dstant ranches, leaving their engines
in charge of children. The runaway
cars ARE miles away;" and he has
''less than an hour TO catch them. He
caught the runawavs, which were fly
ing like the wind; he slowed up with
great iudgment-we should think So
crep along his flying engine. got on
the pilot lifted the coupling bar with
one hand and reached over as he
made the coupling and dropped the pin
with the other;" had a struggle with
the flying cars but at last checked them;
got them started back. he making
thrty-five miles an hour and the
Lightning" in sight making sixty-on
a road without wire-he had ten miles
to run in this shape, but he made 1t,
got on the siding. time to turn the
switch. and the Lightning" Numbered
by. Then 1.-THE boy tainted dead away"
No wonder: il was enough to make
man faint to read IL; II was high time
somebody tainted. Now the question
is just this: does boy get anything
better out of such nonsense than he
does out Of kid the Sleuth Hound. or
The Boy Terror Of Cory Canon" Be-
tween our selves and the comma we
really find The Boy Terror" quite as
easy to believe and much more interest
ing reading We haven't the least OBJ
lection TO fiction: we rather like II, but
great Scott, even fiction for boys should
have some sense In IL Not much.
perhaps, but just some.-Burdette
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22
A TONGUE IN KNOTS,

contracted malaria in the swamps of
Louisiana while working for the Telegraph
company, and used every kind of medicine
co aid hear of without relief. at last
succeeded In breaking the fever but 1t cost
me over $4,000, a I'd then my system was
pros,rated and saturated with malarlal
poison ard l became helpless. finally
care here, nv mouth 30 filed with sores
that 1 could scarcely eat, and my tongue
raw and filled with little knots. Various
re nedies were resOrted to without effect
l bought two bottles of b. b. b. and 1t has
CT ed and strengthened me. All sores Of
my mouth are healed and my tongue en-
tirely clear Of knots and soreness and l feel
like new man.
Jackson, Tenn, April 20, 1856.
A. +. BRITToN.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22
STIFF JOINTS.
A Most Remarkable Case Of
ScrOfula and Rheumatism.

have little boy twelve years old whose
knees have been drawn almost double and
his joints are perfectly stiff, and has been
in this condition three years unable TO walk.
During that time the medical board of LOU
don county examined him and pronounced
the disease kcrofula and prescribed, but no
benefit ever derived. / then used much
advertised preparation without benefit.
Three weeks ago he became perfectly clip
less and suffered dreadfully. A friend who
had used b. b. d. advised Its use. He has
used one bottle and all pain has ceased and
he eau new walk. This has been pro-
nounced most wonderful action, as his
complaint has baffled every thing. shall
continue to use IL on him.
MRS. EMMA GRIFFITHs.
Unitia, Tenn, March 2, 1886.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22
Making q Name.

$50 you are married." said a travel.
ing man to friend
"Oh. yes. Married over year ago"
''Glven up all your ideas about fame
and glory. and all that sort Of thingP"
mo. sir. I always said I would make
a name In the world"
Yes"
"well, I've done it."
'.Indeed?"
"Yes. / superintendent the christian
ing Of chr baby last week. "-AerchaSi
7raveler.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22
PICTURESQUE PEDDLERs.
Curbstone Jewellers who Hail From
Turkey and Armenia.


Turkey and Armenia.
Surely every one has seen the Armen.
ians and Turks who stand on the curbs
and offer for sale gaudy jewelry and
and highly-colored pictuers Tho dark
red fez is invariably cooked upon their
raven black hair, and their faces, never
any too clean, usually bear a look OF
pathe tic resignation which draws
money from many an unwilling
pocket Some wear American cloth
ing, which has evidently seen very
much better days. while others
adhere with a logged presidency
worthy of better cause to the baggy
trousers and flowing jackets of their
native land
Anyone of these itinerant tradesmen
in his queer costume. which Is of itself
an excellent advertisement land well
the rogue knows iD. surrounded by an
admiring throng of street urchins and
prospective buyers, Is common sight
upon our thoroughfares. The writer
himself never closely examined the
jewelry which these sons of the east
offer for sale, but the guilless smiles
upon the vendors faces have always
left the impression that they were cher
shed keepsakes brought over from
there native land, and with which only
dire necessity caused them to part
But alas for human guile!
A few days ago business called us
into the salesroom of large Wholesale
dealer in cheap jewelry, and there
laughing and smoking cigarettes with
the jolliest expressions imaginable, was
a group of the baggy trousered street
merchants barterlng for rings at 80
cents per dozen and chains at is
each, which they afterward find no diff
ficulty in disposing of at an advance of
from 800 to /, 900 per cent.
whenever see party of them en-
tering the door," said the salesman
who was waiting upon them, IL always
get fit of horrors They buy consid-
cradle at time-that is for them. As
much as $50 to S75 will be the invest
ment of party, but | am obliged to
watch them as cat does lot of mice.
Plain or embossed band rings are favor
ties with them, and so arc heavy seal
rings with gaudy stones. They make
i'm immence profit now, but If they once
wash themselves and put on ordinary
clothes the majority of them would
starve."
The leader of the band, who had been
listening intently gravely nodded his
head in quescence and lighted cigar
cite as he explained the salesman's
views to his companions. They agreed
upon every particular except that Of
there needing to be watched, and when
the spokesman reached that point he
glanced reproachfully at the man be-
hind the counter. two were observed to
wipe away tears, and one improved the
opportunity which the general dis.
traction afforded to pocket broken
swivel which lay within reaching dis
lance. -Jeweler' Weekly.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22
Poultry Items.

Shut up the cracks with tar paper or
other material. 1t will keep out the
frost and cold winds that are prevalent
at this season of the year. A general
cleaning up and repairing should be
done now before a change In the
weather arrives. and when 1t will be so
pleasant to work about as 1t now is.
Small eggs are often caused by fowls
getting too fat When you know it to
be fact that the hen is getting old, the
probability is this is the cause of the
small sized eggs and the diminution OF
the quantity. If she is allowed to go
on you will be rewarded for your good
will in keeping her by eggs the size OF
marbles, eventually. A Ratchet comes
in play in such cases.
The number of hens allowed to one
cock depends upon the sprightliness
and vitality of the cock. II ten should
be given as the proper number, 1t
would not be far from correct. although
twenty hens have been given to one
cock; and very large per cent of the
eggs proved fertile. We would not ad.
wise too many; better be few or less
number
When feeding ground scraps to fowls
il is best to scald them with the morn
ing meal, but sometimes it may be
placed before them dry. When so fed
1t should be placed in small boxes
fastened between the windows OF tho
house. just high enough to let them
pick without throwing It out upon the
floor. Ground oyster shells are also
placed in similar boxes, and always
kept before the fowls. They must have
something of this kind to aid diges.
ton.
The best and simplest cure for scaly
legs among fowls is to dip the feet and
legs in coal oil twice. three or four days
apart; then in weeks time grease
thoroughly with vaseline. and in a
months time. or sooner. the legs will
be as good as new. II roosts are we'll
painted with kerosene once or twice a
month, II will 60 long ways in pre-.
venting the parasite from getting
foothold In yards. In this case an
ounce of prevention is worth more than
pound Of cure.
Cramming poultry is practiced moro
in France than in any other country.
There are two methods or systems in
dicated by the words solid and liquid.
Each FOWLS confined by itself in coop
about eight inches wide, so small that
turning around Is an impossbility. The
sexes are kept apart, and only those of
the same degree Of fairness are kept In
one group. Every coop is kept very
clean. In the former system buckwheat
meal bolted fine. is mixed into stiff
dough, and formed into little rolls
about the size of one finger. They are
soaked In milk or water. In order that
it may be taken down easily when in
serted In tho fowls throat. Each meal
demands at first two or three Of these
rolls, which number is gradually in
creased TO fifteen. Two meals sre Civ.
en- day. twelve hours intervening.
The latter system is becoming moro and
more popular in France, is carried on
largely BY machine, or on smaller
scale, by a funnel. the food being
mixed to semi fluid consistency. The
flesh produced is Of very superior
quality, and this system will undoubt-
edly prevail with those who furnish the
large hotels and markets. -Prdcticdl
Farmer.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22
A Sad Accident.

Boston young man In theater); "Havs
you lost something. Miss Peneloper
Miss Penelope (searching her peck.
ets): Il have either lost It, Mr.. Waldo.
or have left It at home. IT'S too pro
vokIngv'
Young man: What was itf"
Miss Penelope, my chewing gum. "
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22
SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.-Dull.

SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.-Dull,
heavy headnchc, obstruction of the nasal
into the throat, sometimes profuse, watery,
and acrid, at others, thick tenacious, mucous,
purulent, bloody and putrid; the eyes are
weak, watery, and infiamed; there is ringing
clear the throat, expectoration of offensive
matter, together with scabs from ulcers; the
voice is changed and has nasal twang; the
breath is offensive; smell and taste are i'm
paired; there is a sensation of dizziness with
mental depression, hacking cough and gen.
eral debility. Only few OF tho above-named
symptoms are likely to be present In any one
case. Thousands Of cases annually, withou.
manifesting half of the above symptoms, re-
suit In consumption, and end In the grave.
No disease Is 30 common, more deceptive and
dangerous, or less understood by physicians.
BY its mild, soothing, and healing properties,
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst
Coryza, and Catarrhal Headache.
Sold by druggists everywhere; 10 cents.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22
A Crooked Stick.

Father-Where now, daughtere
Daughter-We have lawn theatricals
this afternoon, papa, am to appear as
q shepherdess with her crook.
Father All right my dear. But Be
careful that you don't pick up crooked
stick for q husband.
Never fear papa r
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22

Having tested b. d. b, and found 1t to be
all that 10 claimed for 1t, commend II to
any and every one suffering from blood
poison. II has done me more good for less
money an in a shorter space Of time than
any blood purifier ever used. / owe the
CONTEXT OF my life to Its use, for / have
been troubled with severe form Of blood
poison for or years and found no relief
equal to that given by the use of b. b. B.
w. q. MCGAUHEY.
Webb City, Ark, May 0, 1886. O
All who desire full information aboutN
cause and cure Of Blood P0isons. Scroiu
and Scrofulous Swellings, Ulcers, Sores,
Rheumatism, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh,
e.c., can secure by mail, free, a copy OF orr
32 page illustrated Book of Wonders, filed
with the mos wonderful and startling
proof ever before known.
Address, BLOOD BALM CO., 4
Atlanta, Ga. u
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22
aConstantly Hawking and Spitting.1
Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI RoBBINs, Runydn p. o., Columbia Co.,
she was 1--WE years old, very badly. / saw DR..
Sages Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured q bottle for her, and soon saw that It
helped her; q third bottle effected a perma-
sound and hearty"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-26
Unfortunate Robbers.

A letter from Mexico tells how q
band of robbers were effectually dis
posed of. While they were ransacking
a town dozen men ran to the shore,
cut small holes in the boats in which
the robbers came, and plugged them
with mud. The boats were launched
and the marauders set out on their re-
turn voyage. Before going a mile,
however, the water began to soften the
clay, and the huge log dugouts began
to fill. Every effort was made to reach
the shore, but the openings increased
rapidly, and soon the boats were full
of water and the occupants were
obliged to jump overheard and cling
to the sides of their submerged crafts
to keep from drowning. About day
light company of one hundred men
set out in boats to the spot where the
half-drowned men were still hanging
to their crafts. Some, however, had
lost their hold and had sunk to the
bottom, while the others were so ex-
hausted that they were unable to make
any resistance. The fishermen at
tackled them, and soon not a robber
was left to tell the tale of their defeat
Their booty was all recoverable Y
Post.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-26

The station at Woods Hall has beef
actively engaged In collecting, Matching
and distributing the eggs of co1-fish, Of
which %, 900 have been Matched and
planted in Vineyard Sound and other ad-
jacent waters. 1t is probable that the
total production of the season will exceed
100, 600, 900 Goldfish when eggs are OBJ
tanned from the Ipswich Bay school AT
Wytheville, Va, the collecting of Cali
fornia trout eggs Is in full progress, over
100000 eggs having been obtained, of which
fifty per cent will be distributed in lots of
5000 and 10000 to the different State COM
missions, the balance to be Matched and
reared at the station, and distributed as
yearling fish to the streams of the Appal-
achian region in Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia
and Tennessee.
Another interesting feature of the work
of the commission, and one which is, per-
haps, more familiar to the general reader,
is the method used for distributing fish
Previous to 1880 the Fish Commission sent
its fish in large milk cans, ali over the
country, in baggage cars, in special
charge of messengers" who changed the
water en- route as often as necessary, and
otherwise cared for the young fish This
method Of transportation was attended
with great difficulty and often great loss
in the mortality of the young fish, from
the exposure to the heat or cold of the
baggage car and the change of the water
in different localities. Since that time
however, the commission has had built for
its use cars especially adapted to the uses
of transportation. These cars are so con-
structed that sufficient water can be car
ried, for the entire shipment, often cover
ing several days. By process Of aeration
the water is used again and again to re-
plenish the water taken from the recep-
tacles in which the fish are carried. These
vessels are simply tin buckets with per-
fo-ated covers, holding perhaps quart of
water, and are placed underneath the
floor Of the car. About one hundred cans
are usually carried, the number of fish of
course varying according to the size.
Over 800 600 white fish were recently
transported in one shipment to Oregon and
Washington Territory with loss of only
five hundred. These cars are provided
with comfortable berths for the messen-
gers, akitchen. refrigerators, tanks, pump
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-26
THE sHAD.

pike, perch, Atlantic salmon, shad, land
locked salmon, California salmon, striped
bass, sea bass, grayling, sturgeon, smelt,
herring, alewife, oyster, cod, paddock,
carp, Spanish mackerel, moon-fish, gold
fish, tench, soft-shelled clam and lobster.
But perhaps the most interesting feature
of the work is the method employed in
Matching the eggs of fish arti6cially. We
will take the shad as an example. As
soon as the shad are taken in the nets or
seines those which are ripe or soft are Sc
lected. If ripe the eggs flow freely
from the female shad when the belly of
the fish is pressed gently; If unripe the
eggs will not flow at all; if the eggs are
only nearly ripe they will come forth with
difficulty, in masses; such fish are not
taken. A short time before the shad
spawns, clear eggs of large size will be
found in the roe, while the rest are still
hard: these become more and more numer-
Gus; after time they separate and fail
apart liquid stream of eggs flowing
from the fish with the slightest pressure.
The melter, or male shad, is rather smaller
than the female, the sex being known by
the dow of milt from the fish; a small
quantity of milt will impregnate a large
number of eggs; about one male in good
The spawner, or female shad, is easily
known by its size and full appearance.
When ali the spawn is taken ii will be
shown by the blood appearing among the
eggs A male shad is then taken, two or
three Jets of milk are forced upon the eggs
while the pan is swayed gently % and fro.
A little water is added from time to time
until the eggs rise, which will be, usually,
In the course of half an hour. After i'm
pregnation the eggs will be found to have
increased in size, and when they rise they
can either be put On trays covered with
cotton cloth or kept in the pan In the lat
ter case the water should be changed every
hour. The bad eggs will float on top and
are of whitish color, being called water
blown; good eggs will be clear and like
crystal in appearance. The eggs having
been fortified, the most difficult portion Of
the task remains, VIZ: the care Of the eggs
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-26
THE GILA MONSTER.
An Ugly Lizard Recently Added to the Gin
cinnati Geological Garden.

cinnad Geological Garden.
Recently there has been added to the
garden an animal that is as dangerous
as it is ugly. 1t comes from Arizona.
is found in Montana, and is different
from almost every other animal known
TO scientists save the eyeless fish of the
Mammoth Cave. 1t can not live in the
sunlight. 1t is found in dark, deep,
out-of-the-way caves and canyons, and
its breath is said to be deadly. Now
comes the question, How is this poison
Gus breath emitted? The ella monster
Is species of lizard, and when dis
turbed simply thrusts out a needle-like
fang, or, more properly, feeler, the end
of which expands and spreads out like
fan. Some claim that the poison is
emitted from this fan-like appendage;
others think that the poisonous exhala-
ton comes from the animals mouth,
and is simply blown out like the breath
of any animal endowed with sufficient
lung power. At any rate the ella
monster is fighter. When he first
arrived he was put in cage with two
rattlesnakes. They were large, power
full animals, and all being reptiles to-
gether no apprehensions were enter
tanned that any differences would arise
between the cold-blooded creatures.
Not so, however. The snakes went
fooling around the lizard, which is only
about fifteen inches long, and filled his
ugly body full of their poisonous
venom. 1t took no effect whatever,
but in the morning when the keeper
came two dead rattlesnakes lay
stretched in the sand, while the little
monster was as lively as cricket.
When the animal came on by ex-
press it was packed in box and by
some means got out. The messenger,
with more nerve than discretion,
grabbed it by the tail and thrust it
back. When Stevens told him what a
risk he had run and how deadly the
animal he had handled was he turned
pale and exclaimed: II wouldn't do it
again for the world"
low spots, which brighten after she'd
ding. Its food consists of insects,
which of course can not be supplied in
winter, so instead the ella monster gets
one raw egg day. 1t makes hole
about a quarter of an inch in size,
and soon sucks out the contents. The
animal is confined in an iron cage, with
glass one-half an inchin thickness, and
through small, round hole in the top
the eggs are let down in the sand by
means of a wire moose. The cage is
kept in dark place, where no ray of
sunlight ever comes, and beneath runs
coil of steam-pipes. as the animal can
not endure the cold. Its head is not
unlike that of an alligator, while its
tail is of considerable thickness, short
and Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-26

ing-engines, Matching apparatus, and every
thing necessary for the proper care of the
fish while en- route to their destination.
The spring shipments of shad has already
commenced, and millions of them are find
ing homes in the rivers all over the coun-
try.
Such is brief sketch of some of the
features of the United States Fish Com
mission, an institution peculiarly American
in its conception, and without parallel in
any other government organization. 1t
has achieved a worldwide reputation for
Its enterprise and originality of method.
Its work is better appreciated abroad than
in the United States, and at the Interna-
tional Fisheries Exhibition at Berlin and
at London we carried away a majority of
the prizes for supremacy both in scientific
method and practical results. Throughout
Europe the United States Fish Commission
Is being held up as one of the most striking
evidences Of the public spirit intelligence
and hberality of the American nation.
Il. W. SPoFFoRD.